Immigrants face drug charges

Three Mexican men living in Louisiana without visas admitted Thursday to selling cocaine and marijuana out of their Houma and Schriever homes, the Justice Department said.

Three Mexican men living in Louisiana without visas admitted Thursday to selling cocaine and marijuana out of their Houma and Schriever homes, the Justice Department said.The three men, who formerly lived at 216 Plant Road in Houma and 1945 La. 311 in Schriever, pleaded guilty in federal court, but a judge has not sentenced them. The maximum sentence for the crimes they admitted to is life in prison, Department of Justice officials said.Juan Hernandez, 25, was arrested in Houma, and Oliber Hernandez, 30, and Pedro Cruz, 28, were arrested in Schriever, officials said. The drug seizures and arrests all happened May 1. Investigators found Juan Hernandez holding a handgun before arresting him.State Police and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security purchased cocaine from these men in the spring of 2012, court documents say.During the arrests, investigators seized 1,372 grams of cocaine from Juan Hernandez and more than 5,344 grams of marijuana and one gram of methamphetamine from Oliver Hernandez and Cruz, officials said.